Drawing of Edison Homestead at its Original Site in Vienna, Ontario, Canada, 1898

THF247461 / Drawing of Edison Homestead at its Original Site in Vienna, Ontario, Canada, 1898

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1898

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2008.0.1.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 6.25 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten text in lower left hand corner. Appears to read: Soyhog / Ma...1898 /.

Keywords	Canada, Ontario, Vienna Photographic prints Photographs Country life Dwellings Historic houses Houses Drawings (Visual works) Original sites Edison, Samuel, 1803-1896 Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Edison Homestead

Artifact
Edison Homestead
Thomas Edison's great-grandparents fled to Canada after the American Revolution because they had sided with the British. Edison's grandparents started a farm and built this home there. As a boy, Edison enjoyed visiting the farm, where he played in the barn, went swimming, and fished in a nearby river.